Comments on: The New 1776 http://www.garypowell.com/blogs/insight/the-new-1776/ Music Composition, Creativity, Reason and Accountability Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:58:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: rmoses http://www.garypowell.com/blogs/insight/the-new-1776/comment-page-1/#comment-2143 rmoses Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:52:13 +0000 http://www.garypowell.com/blogs/insight/the-new-1776/#comment-2143 So what are your benchmarks? How do you know (and do your care) if you music resonates with an audience. My guess is that you might know, but don't much care? It is not the reason you hone your craft. The difficulty seems to lie in reconciling commercial success with artistic fulfillment. History is littered with artist who never achieved the former and only posthumously the latter. The first question that seems to never be asked is 'why'. Why does one choose this avenue? What is the desired result? Fame, fortune, notoriety? Obscurity and poverty never seem to make the list of desired outcomes. The art seems to be the ability to articulate, in a musical monologue, those expressions and passions that are unexceptional and universal? Then the question arises, is this expression a commentary on exiting conditions, or does it have the power to shape the future? So what are your benchmarks? How do you know (and do your care) if you music resonates with an audience. My guess is that you might know, but don’t much care? It is not the reason you hone your craft. The difficulty seems to lie in reconciling commercial success with artistic fulfillment. History is littered with artist who never achieved the former and only posthumously the latter.

The first question that seems to never be asked is ‘why’. Why does one choose this avenue? What is the desired result? Fame, fortune, notoriety? Obscurity and poverty never seem to make the list of desired outcomes. The art seems to be the ability to articulate, in a musical monologue, those expressions and passions that are unexceptional and universal?

Then the question arises, is this expression a commentary on exiting conditions, or does it have the power to shape the future?

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